Carville's cure : leprosy, stigma, and the fight for justice /

The unknown story of the only leprosy colony in the continental United States, and the thousands of Americans who were exiled, hidden away with their "shameful" disease. Between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, the Mississippi River curls around an old plantation thick with trees, with a state...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fessler, Pam (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2020]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Louisiana Leper Home. United States Marine Hospital No. 66 (Carville, La.) Public Health Service Hospital at Carville, La. Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center (U.S.) Leprosy > Patients > Louisiana > History. Leprosy > United States > History. Leper Colonies > history. Leprosy > history. History, 19th Century. History, 20th Century.

Table of Contents:

Prologue
Exile
God versus germs
Rescue mission
Rebellion
"What have I got, doctor-- leprosy?"
Finding a home
Ripped apart
"Nun nurses"
Jail within a jail
The hole in the fence
Search for a cure
Until leprosy do us part
The miracle
Fighting for freedom
Not bright enough
"It's Tallulah, darling"
Human touch
An era ends
Discrimination
Shutting down
Lessons not learned
Epilogue.